About networks
"Teaching mental health can be an activity that is both isolated or marginalised within universities, whilst in professional disciplines educators may be on the periphery of mental health developments - rather than at the centre, contributing actively to debate and discussion about how both education and service provision can progress." (Anderson and Burgess, 2007).
mhhe is engaged in developing communities of practice - putting educators in touch with one another and seeking to engage them with local, regional and national initiatives. The following is a list of networks we are actively involved in supporting and/or linked to through our partners and networking activity. You may also be interested to access our list of online discussion groups.
User and carer involvement in learning and teaching
- Professional Education Public Involvement Network (PEPIN)
- Developers of User and Carer Involvement in Education (DUCIE)
- Service User Survivor Trainers Network (SUSTN)
Centres of Excellence in Teaching and Learning
- Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Mental Health (CEIMH), University of Birmingham
- Centre of Excellence in Learning and Teaching in Mental Health and Social Work, Middlesex University
Thematic networks
Discipline based networks
Higher Education Academy subject centres:
- Social Policy and Social Work (SWAP)
- Health Sciences and Practice (HSaP) and its Mental Health Special Interest Group.
- Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine (MEDEV)
- Psychology Network and its Mental Health Group
- Education (ESCALATE)
Mental Health Nurse Academics UK
Behavioural and Social Sciences Teaching in Medicine (BESST)
Student networks:
Student mental health
Universities UK
Workforce development
Adult and Continuing Education
General mental health networks (not specifically teaching-related)
- Social Perspective Network (SPN)
- Sociology of mental health study group
- Parental mental health and child welfare network